Color atlas of herpetic eye diseases a practical guide to clinical management ; with 6 tables

This ‘cooking book’ - atlas for Herpetic Eye Disease supports the reader to find a better understanding for this eye disease. The content of this atlas is based on nearly four decades of practical and scientific work and experience with follow-ups in thousands of herpes patients. Depending on one’s individual state of knowledge in this field one may find the solution by quickly checking the pictures and comparing it with the actual patient’s picture. The picture-associated text guides the reader with its headings Description, Pathophysiology, Differential Diagnosis, Therapeutic Principles to the most appropriate management of and best possible treatment outcome for these patients. Thus, the homogenous and well-structured content and index make it easy for the reader to find the necessary information rapidly and will not only supports beginners but also experts in the field of ophthalmology. Tis book is more than an atlas and a text. It has what clinicians Professor Sundmacher communicates with clarity, continuity want most: experience. and style. Actual case examples are analyzed by a specialist who has Te book s strength is in its details. Terapeutic decisi- arguably treated more patients with ocular herpes than any making is based on clinical research, ofen the author s own other ophthalmologist. Not merely an inventory of viral kera- pioneering trials. For medical and surgical dilemmas, practi- titis, this sourcebook explains the ins and outs of infection and based advice springs from a pragmatic explanation of virology, infammation due to herpes simplex virus, varicella-zoster vi- immunology and wound healing. rus and other herpes viruses. Te profciency and scope of this authoritative resource Herpetic eye disease needs a descriptive vocabulary, and leads me to rephrase a century-old maxim: To know herpes is the author provides a sensible classifcation. His distinctive to know ophthalmology. terminology updates outmoded jargon, creating a new norm." Common Characteristics And Distinct Features Of Human Pathogenic Herpesvirus / Hartmut Hengel -- Herpes Simplex Virus (hsv) Diseases Of The Anterior Segment And The Adnexa / Rainer Sundmacher -- Varicella Zoster Virus (vzv) Diseases Of The Anterior Segment And The Adnexes / Rainer Sundmacher -- Cytomegalovirus (cmv) Diseases Of The Anterior Segment / Rainer Sundmacher And Johannes Stammen -- Suspected Epstein-barr Virus (ebv) Disease Of The Anterior Segment / Thomas Reinhard -- Diseases Of The Posterior Segment By Hsv, Vzv, And Cmv / Lutz L. Hansen. Rainer Sundmacher. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages I-XVI Common Characteristics and Distinct Features of Human Pathogenic Herpesviruses....Pages 1-4 Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Diseases of the Anterior Segment and the Adnexa....Pages 5-112 Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) Diseases of the Anterior Segment and the Adnexes....Pages 113-157 Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Diseases of the Anterior Segment....Pages 159-162 Suspected Epstein–Barr Virus (EBV) Disease of the Anterior Segment....Pages 163-165 Diseases of the Posterior Segment by HSV, VZV, and CMV....Pages 167-181 Back Matter....Pages 183-185 This Well-structured Atlas Offers Practical Advice For The Recognition And Management Of Each Herpetic Eye Problem. It Is Based On Nearly Four Decades Of Practical And Scientific Work And Experience With Follow-ups In Thousands Of Herpes Patients. An atlas for Herpetic Eye Disease that helps readers find the solution by checking the pictures and comparing them with the actual patient's picture. It is suitable for beginners and experts in the field of ophthalmology